Utah · Public charity
Utah Bar Foundation
1) promote legal education and increase the knowledge and awareness of the law in the community. 2) assist in providing legal services to the disadvantaged. 3) improve the administration of justice. 4) serve other worthwhile law-related public purposes.
- $3.7M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 30
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 14%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $79,888
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $446,867
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 14% of the organizations Utah Bar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 19% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $251k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 30 | $3.7M | 13% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $1.3M | 14% |
| FY2023 | 25 | $2.4M | 12% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $976k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $1.7M | 12% |
| FY2020 | 25 | $1.9M | 32% |
| FY2019 | 18 | $668k | 39% |
| FY2018 | 9 | $480k | 22% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disability Law Center | $1,250,224 | 8 | 11% |
| Utah Legal Services Inc | $1,195,585 | 9 | 5% |
| Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake | $1,172,292 | 9 | 16% |
| And Justice for All | $1,126,744 | 9 | 10% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $877,728 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Services of Utah | $876,339 | 8 | n/a |
| Law Related Education Project Inc | $823,577 | 9 | 69% |
| Timpanogos Legal Center | $715,142 | 7 | 29% |
| Utah State Bar | $516,999 | 6 | 3% |
| Clean Slate Utah | $453,023 | 4 | 20% |
Show all 40 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disability Law Center | $1,250,224 | 8 | 11% |
| Utah Legal Services Inc | $1,195,585 | 9 | 5% |
| Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake | $1,172,292 | 9 | 16% |
| And Justice for All | $1,126,744 | 9 | 10% |
| International Rescue Committee INC | $877,728 | 6 | 0% |
| Catholic Community Services of Utah | $876,339 | 8 | n/a |
| Law Related Education Project Inc | $823,577 | 9 | 69% |
| Timpanogos Legal Center | $715,142 | 7 | 29% |
| Utah State Bar | $516,999 | 6 | 3% |
| Clean Slate Utah | $453,023 | 4 | 20% |
| Utah Dispute Resolution | $436,449 | 9 | 39% |
| State of Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development | $425,191 | 4 | n/a |
| Peoples Legal Aid | $420,042 | 4 | 41% |
| Salt Lake Community Action Program | $361,832 | 5 | 0% |
| Law College Association of the University of Arizona | $273,536 | 4 | 3% |
| Rocky Mtn Innocence | $265,000 | 7 | n/a |
| Holy Cross Ministries of Utah | $195,000 | 9 | 1% |
| Community Justice Advocates of Utah | $190,722 | 2 | 100% |
| Utah Center for Legal Inclusion | $185,500 | 6 | 26% |
| Utah Domestic Violence Legal Services | $179,500 | 6 | 11% |
| Utah Crime Victims Legal Clinic | $170,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Mountain Mediation Center Inc | $156,388 | 4 | 23% |
| Wasatch Immigration Project | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Utah State University | $121,049 | 2 | n/a |
| Dna Peoples Legal Services Inc | $114,150 | 8 | 0% |
| University of Utah | $107,595 | 3 | n/a |
| Immigrant Legal Services | $92,000 | 5 | 14% |
| Utah Foundation | $60,000 | 1 | 9% |
| Mountain Mediation | $58,015 | 4 | n/a |
| Brigham Young University | $53,700 | 2 | n/a |
| Volunteers of America Utah | $41,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Nonprofit Legal Services of Utah | $40,090 | 1 | 7% |
| Georgetown University | $35,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Docket Reminder | $27,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Comunidades Unidas | $24,229 | 3 | 1% |
| Pathway Associates LLC | $18,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Centro Hispano | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Refugee Justice League Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Moab Valley Multicultural Center | $9,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Rocky Mountain Innocence Center | $5,000 | 1 | 2% |
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($135k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Utah Bar Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 6 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 29 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation · Sorenson Legacy Foundation · And Justice for All · Park City Community Foundation · Larry H Miller and Gail Miller Family Foundation · Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation · Mightycause Charitable Foundation · The Community Foundation of Utah · Florence J Gillmor Foundation · Utah's Promise · Ihc Health Services Inc · Utah State Bar
How this is measured
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About Utah Bar Foundation
- How much does Utah Bar Foundation give?
- Utah Bar Foundation reported 30 grants totaling $3,717,409 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Utah Bar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (87%), International (7%), Education (3%).
- Who are Utah Bar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Disability Law Center ($1.3M), Utah Legal Services Inc ($1.2M), Legal Aid Society of Salt Lake ($1.2M).
- Does Utah Bar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 14% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Utah Bar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include George S and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation, Sorenson Legacy Foundation, And Justice for All.
- Where is Utah Bar Foundation based?
- Utah Bar Foundation is based in UT.
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